{"product_id":"dorothea-lange-the-photographer-who-found-the-faces-of-the-depression-9780807517024","title":"Dorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTARRED REVIEW! \"Weatherford never talks down to her audience...using figurative language and rich vocabulary to tell her story...Green's debut as a picture-book illustrator is brilliant...A fine introduction to an important American artist.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDorothea Lange saw what others missed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore she raised her lens to take her most iconic photo, Dorothea Lange took photos of the downtrodden, from bankers in once-fine suits waiting in breadlines, to former slaves, to the homeless sleeping on sidewalks. A case of polio had left her with a limp and sympathetic to those less fortunate. Traveling across the United States, documenting with her camera and her fieldbook those most affected by the stock market crash, she found the face of the Great Depression. In this picture book biography, Carole Boston Weatherford's lyrical prose captures the spirit of the influential photographer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeatherford, Carole Boston:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford is the author of several acclaimed poetry collections and poetic biographies, including \u003cem\u003eSugar Hill\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, \u003c\/em\u003e winner of a Caldecott Honor, the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, and the NAACP Image Award. She teaches at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen, Sarah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sarah Green is a California born-and-based illustrator. This is not her first foray into children's books. She studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated in 2014.","brand":"Albert Whitman \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525598908690,"sku":"9780807517024","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a2cc860b-5fc7-4da0-bd13-437a6caabae7.jpg?v=1744213920","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dorothea-lange-the-photographer-who-found-the-faces-of-the-depression-9780807517024","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}